Safety clothespin and line



D66. 26, 1950 J LEvlNE SAFETY CLOTHESPIN AND LINE Filed Dec. 11, 1945 Patented Dec. 26, 195

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,535,640 SAFETY CLOTHESPIN AND LINE John Levine, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application December 11, 1945, Serial No. 634,262

4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to clothes drying apparatus, and more specifically to a new and improved clothes pin.

An object of the invention is to provide a clothes drying apparatus provided with a clothes line, a supplementary line and clothes pins.

A further object is to form a clothes pin which can be secured to the supplementary line positioned close to the clothes line so that the pins are always at hand and ready for use.

Another object is to form a clothes pin which can be easily and quickly assembled on the lines, yet cannot be detached by accident.

These and other objects are accomplished by providing a clothes drying apparatus comprising a clothes line, a supplementary line and a plurality of clothes pins, each formed with a pair of resilient legs, to retain the clothes line and a head having gripping means to retain the supplementary line.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure Fig. 1 is a side view of a clothes drying apparatus incorporating the invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the apparatus, showing clothes pins containing features of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a clothes pin showing a variation of the invention.

Fig. i is a plan view of the clothes pin shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a section along the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view showing one side of the clothes pin shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is a view showing a side of the clothes pin adjacent to the side shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a clothes pin embodying another variation in the invention.

In the drawings and in the specification, in. which identical numbers designate similar elements, a clothes drying apparatus l0, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is comprised of a clothes line H hooks l2, clothes pins l3 and a supplementary line Id.

The clothes line I I which is suspended between the substantially anchored hooks l2, carries laundry l5 securely held by the clothes pins I 3.

head IB and two resilient arms or legs H extending longitudinally from the head. An opening or hole l8 which extends through the head is positioned with its axis substantially normal to a plane passing through the longitudinal axes of the legs. The supplementary line M extends through the holes l8 in the clothes pins and is secured to the anchorage and to the clothes pin furthest from the anchorage, thus linking all the pins together and preventing any of'them from becoming lost.

A clothes pin l9, containing other features of the invention, is shown in Figures 3 to 7 inclusive. The clothes pin |9 is provided with a head having an upper face 2|, narrow sides 22 and wider sides 23 and legs 24 extending longitudinally from the head.

A triangular opening 25 extends through the head and is positioned so that its axis is approximately perpendicular to a plane passing through the longitudinal axes of the legs. The opening 25 has a triangular cross section and is positioned with one of its apices 26 pointing towards the legs and a side 21 opposite the apex 26 parallel to the face 2|. A slot or opening 28 extends through the head from its upper face into the opening 25. The slot is positioned in the head so that its shorter sides 29 are parallel to the narrow side 22 of the head and its longer sides 3|] are parallel to the wider sides 23. Teeth 3| are positioned in the upper face 2| of the head in the form of a rack extending so that the edges of the teeth are parallel to the sides 22.

The teeth 3| extend from the vicinity of one of the short sides to near the slot. Faces 32 of the teeth toward the slot are slanted toward the head and slot and faces 33 opposite the slanted faces are normal to the upper face.

An inverted L-shaped rod 34 has legs 35 and 35 and a bent end or catch 3?. The leg 35 extends through the opening 25, and longitudinally through the slot 28 and the leg 36 extends across the upper face and terminates in the bent end 31 which is adjustably positioned in or between the teeth 3|.

The clothes pins l9 are positioned on a rope and held by a cord M. The cord H! in the case of each pin |9 extends through its openin 25 and the leg 35 of the rod presses the cord against the sides of the triangular opening while the leg 36 extends across the head of the pin and the bent end 31 of the leg 36 is caught and held by one of the straight sides of the teeth 3| thus locking the cord to each individual clothes pin.

Each of the clothes pins I3 is formed with a A clothes pin 38 containing additional features of the invention is shown in Fig. 8. The pin is comprised of a head 39 and legs 40 extending therefrom, the head being provided with narrow sides 4| and wider sides 42 which contain an opening 43. The opening 43 is comprised of a plurality of interconnected holes 44 of different diameters, the axes of the holes being aligned with the longitudinal axis of the head.

Clothes pins similar to the pin 38 can be secured together by. extendin a supplementary line through their openings 43, the line resting in one of the holes 44 into which it fits best.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is tocbe understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modificationscom ing within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A clothes pin comprising an inverted L- shaped rodand a bifurcated'gripping element havinga head'and a, pair of spaced depending resilient legs, and the head being provided with a triangular openingtherethrough, a slot and teeth on the upper portion of the head, the axis of said opening being approximately perpendicular to a plane passing through the longitudinal axes of said legs, saidslot extending through the upperportionof the head into said opening, said rod having two legs, one disposed in said slot and opening and connected to said head, andtheother leg hel d inthe teeth on the head, whereby the rodcan be adjustably positioned to grip lines of various diameters extending through said'opening.

2. A clothes pin comprising an inverted L- shaped rod and a bifurcated gripping element having ahead and apair of spaced depending resilient legs,and the head being provided with a triangularopening therethrough, having one apexextending toward said legs, a slot and teeth on. the upper portion of the head, the axis of saidppening being approximately perpendicular to a, plane passing through the longitudinal axes offsaid legs, said slot extending through the upper portion of the head into said opening, said rod. havingtwo legs and disposed with one le in the slot and connected to said head in the aforementioned apex of said opening, and

4 the other leg held in said teeth on the head, whereby the rod can be adjustably positioned to grip lines of various diameters extending through said opening.

3. A clothes pin comprising an inverted L- shaped rod and a bifurcated gripping element having a head and a pair of spaced depending resilient legs, and the head being provided with teeth on itsupper portion an opening through the head having an axis approximately perpendicular to a plane passing through the longitudinal axes of said legs, and a slot extending through the upper portion of the head into ,said opening, said L-shaped rod having two legs, and being positioned with one leg extending" through said slot and into said opening and cor nected to; the head and the other leg held in one oi the teeth.

4; A clothes pin comprising a rod and a bifurcated gripping element having a head and two legs, saidlegs of the gripping element beingresilient, and the, head being provided .With teeth on its upper surface and a pair of openings with axesapproximately perpendicular to each other, one of the openings extending transversely through thev head .in a direction substantially perpendicular to a. plane passing through the longitudinal axes of said legs, and the other opening extending from the head surface to the first mentionedopening, the .rod having a bent portion extending into the openings and connected to said head and a holding means capable of being secured-to oneof said teeth, whereby therodcan be adjustably p0sitioned:to.. grip cords of variousdiameters extending through the first mentioned opening.

JOHN LEVINE.

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